Nepalis still require to quarantine as Portugal lifts ban on tourists from Brazil
Although Portugal has lifted the COVID-19 travel ban on tourists, Nepalis visiting the country are still required to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival
JAN 8: Incoming travellers will no longer need to quarantine - marking a significant change in the country's Covid policy as it battles a surge in cases.
They will still require proof of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of travelling.
TOKYO, Nov. 8: The Japanese government on Monday began accepting applications under a fresh COVID-19 quarantine rule, allowing to reduce the quarantine periods for vaccinated business travelers, and resume accepting applications from people who would stay for long-term including students and technical trainees.
Under the new rules, vaccinated business travelers who are on visits of up to three months will only undergo quarantine for three days, compared with the 10 that formerly applied to vaccinated Japanese nationals and foreigners with residency in Japan when returning from business trips.
Companies accepting business travelers will need to submit documentation including written pledges to follow anti-COVID-19 measures and the planned activities by the travelers upon arrival in Japan.
In addition, travelers applied by the reduced quarantine rule need to be tested for COVID-19 before departing for Japan as well as three days after arriving in the country.
It may take a week or two before the first travelers who have been granted shorter COVID-19 quarantine periods arrive in the country, a health ministry official said.
The quarantine period for people staying for long-term will be 14 days in principle, however, if they received vaccines approved in Japan, the quarantine period could be shortened to 10 days.
Due to an explosive resurgence of COVID-19 infections, Japan suspended the new entry of foreigners including businesspeople in January. Since then, it has only accepted individuals under "special circumstances," such as on humanitarian grounds.
The entry for tourists is yet to be open at this time, but the government plans to begin considering accepting such groups by the end of this year.
Malaysia said Friday it will reopen to foreign workers to address a labor crunch, and allow fully vaccinated tourists at the northern resort island of Langkawi next month without quarantine.
Photo: KUNDA DIXIT fter nearly two years of nearly zero tourist arrivals and revenue, Nepal looks set to welcome international tourists again after the government on Thursday introduced revised immigration entry protocols. Tourists fully vaccinated against Covid, with the second dose 14 days before the date of travel, will no longer have to quarantine after landing […]
The Department of Tourism (DoT) has listed a total of 110 hotels available for quarantining tourists upon their arrival in Nepal.
In a letter to the COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC), the department has presented a list of 27 star hotels and 83 tourist standard hotels of the Kathmandu Valley that are available for quarantine purposes.
Among the hotels listed are Hyatt Regency, The Soaltee Kathmandu, Himalaya Hotel, Airport Hotel, Gokarna Forest Resort, Hotel Shankar, Kathmandu Marriott and Radisson.
Photo: KUNDA DIXIT fter much criticism about unnecessary hassles for tourists, the Nepal government has relaxed entry formalities for foreigners arriving by air. Tourists visiting Nepal will no longer have to stay in mandatory hotel quarantine for five days as long as they have a PCR negative report before they board their flight, and again test negative […]
